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ArticleApplied ergonomics2024

Overcoming recruitment hurdles in clinical trials: An investigation of remote consenting modalities and their impact on workload, workflow, and usability.

Sarvesh Sawant, Kapil Chalil Madathil, Maria Molloseau, Jihad Obeid

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Article in Applied ergonomics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarvesh SawantDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, USA.
Kapil Chalil MadathilDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, USA.
Maria MolloseauDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, USA.
Jihad ObeidDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. Electronic address: jobeid@musc.edu.

Funding

South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR)UL1TR001450 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BRADY, KATHLEEN T., FLUME, PATRICK A · 2015 to 2024
$41.1M
Investigating teleconsent to improve clinical research access in remote communitiesR21TR002088 · NCATS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI OBEID, JIHAD S · 2017 to 2018
$473k
NCATS NIH HHS R21 TR002088NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Travel constraints can hinder the recruitment of eligible research participants in clinical trials, causing research timeline extensions, added costs, underpowered results, and early termination. Remote consenting can help solve these issues by allowing researchers and potential participants to connect remotely. This controlled experimental study investigates the effect of remote consenting on workload, workflow, usability, and barriers and facilitators to its implementation. Using a mixed experimental design, simulated consenting sessions were conducted with three different modalities (remote paper consent, eConsent, and teleconsent) with 23 researchers and 93 research participants. Each session involved a single researcher who experienced all three modalities, while three different research participants were assigned to each modality individually. Research participants and researchers completed surveys measuring workload and usability. Remote consenting allows researchers and participants to connect at their preferred location and time, and teleconsenting was found to be the preferred modality by the researchers, primarily due to its ability to exchange visual cues. However, challenges such as training requirements and technology dependence need to be addressed for widespread implementation. Future research should aim to eliminate these barriers and improve remote consenting modalities to facilitate clinical research participation.

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Research DesignWorkloadAttitude of Health PersonnelHumansResearch PersonnelWorkflowClinical consentingQualitative interviewsRemote consentingTravel-related challenges

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PMID37713927
PMCPMC10843021

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